Zonkey? Real life Fantasy/Safari born in Italian zoo

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    Mary
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      An unintended and unusual coupling between a zebra and a donkey has produced a rare hybrid specimen known as a zonkey.

      Ippo, as the newborn creature is called, was born last week at a small zoo in Florence, Italy. The male zonkey has black and white banded legs like a zebra, but has the face, ears and fur of a donkey.

      Besides “zonkey,” other names for a zebra-donkey hybrid are “zedonk” and “zebroid.” Such hybrids are said to the offspring of a male zebra and a female donkey. When the roles are reversed, the offspring is called a “donkra,” according to the Huffington Post. A donkra was born in 2011 at a zoo in China.

      http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/3154/20130725/rare-zonkey-born-italy-zoo-zebra-donkey-parents-werent-meant.htm

      #900707
      Kim
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        It’s cute! It looks like something Melody would paint!

        Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!

        #900708
        Erika
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          SO cute! She’s got such wonderfully fluffy ears, too!

          #900713
          Mary
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            I had the same exact thought, when I first saw it. But, if Melody painted it, he’d probably be much more colorful!

            #900714
            etruscan
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              I had the same exact thought, when I first saw it. But, if Melody painted it, he’d probably be much more colorful!

              Nope – Melody was more restrained back in 2010. 😉

              #900716
              Kim
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                She painted a Zonkey already. That’s awesome!

                Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!

                #900722
                fatalbeauty
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                  she also painted this guy awhile back…

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                  #900724
                  etruscan
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                    I THINK that Melody also painted a Zonkey Grand Unicorn but not the Mother, Male, or Young unicorns to match … and I’m quite sure that the zonkey hatching peg was the only pegasus in that pattern.

                    #900725
                    Melody
                    Keymaster

                      I love Zonkeys (and zorses).
                      One of our neighbors on the street we lived on in Shadow Hills, California had a pet zonkey. I would watch out our front window as this zonkey was ( gently) pushed, pulled and coaxed to walk up and down the street on a halter… I don’t think they ever managed to halter train it! Wild things.

                      #900749
                      Mary
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                        “Zonkey” is gorgeous! But, unlike “Ippo” born in the zoo, Melody adorned “Zonkey” with fine jewelry & gems! He’s got real “pizazz”!

                        #900824
                        Falcolf
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                          Totally adorable! I love Melody’s renditions of zonkeys!

                          Check out my finished artwork at http://falcolf.deviantart.com/ and my sketch/studio blog at http://rosannapbrost.tumblr.com/

                          Excellent!

                          #900848
                          Melody
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                            Have you ever seen a pic of the wild donkey that domestic ones were bred from? They have stripes on their legs too.

                            #900869
                            Mary
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                              Yes, here’s a close-up image of a wild donkey that shows the stiping on legs;

                              http://fluteplayer779.deviantart.com/art/Somali-Wild-Donkey-174367309

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